You right M$ is famous for adding some stuff to a POS product and charging tons of money for it. The Wolf p.s. Basic is the *worst* language to learn programming on. I think everyone should start from something like Pascal and then move to C/C++. -> -----Original Message----- -> From: Trent Shipley [mailto:tshipley@symbio-tech.com] -> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 9:29 AM -> To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us -> Subject: RE: Linux Programmer -> -> -> I think one element that got lost in all this is that BASIC -> was originally -> designed as an entry level teaching tool with a secondary -> goal of being an -> easy-to-use programming language for the "masses." -> -> VB is oriented toward quick-and-dirty programming for -> business. It is -> supposed to be a low skill, super-rapid development -> environment for modest -> projects and production of GUI interfaces. -> -> For these applications C++ and C are way too expensive media for -> development. -> -> ---------------- -> -> GNU-Linux-BSD all lack the high -> (COBOL) and low -> (VB-esque) development environments suitable for cost-conscious -> business-oriented development projects. -> -> > -----Original Message----- -> > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us -> > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On -> Behalf Of Mark -> > Peoples -> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:27 PM -> > To: 'plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us' -> > Subject: RE: Linux Programmer -> > -> > -> > =) -> > -> > -----Original Message----- -> > From: sinck@corp.quepasa.com [mailto:sinck@corp.quepasa.com] -> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:26 PM -> > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us -> > Subject: RE: Linux Programmer -> > -> > -> > -> > -> > \_ Yes, but, although you think it is bad, you learned it, right? -> > You didn't -> > \_ say, "I'm not learning VB because MS designed a crappy -> language." ? -> > -> > Yeah, I did. I've got scars from learning it, though. -> > -> > David -> > -> > -> > -> > -> > -> > _______________________________________________ -> > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us -> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -> > -> > _______________________________________________ -> > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us -> > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -> > -> -> -> _______________________________________________ -> Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us -> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss ->